Tracking Yeshwanthpur MLA S T Somashekhar

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S T Somashekar, the first-term MLA, is a BSc graduate who represents the Yeshwanthpur constituency from Congress. He is said to be a close confidant of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and media reports state that it was he ensured that the Congress BBMP councillors in 2015 and Congress MLAs 2016 were not poached by the opposition during the Mayoral Elections and Rajya Sabha Polls respectively.

March 22, 2016: Somashekhar requested the government to build skywalk or subways in a particular place in his constituency. The Minister replied that it was already under tendering stage, and necessary steps will be taken.

March 28, 2017: S T Somashekhar spoke in the assembly on the problems of farmers who didn’t have proper farming permissions for their land, in Yelahanka constituency limits.

Attendance % in Assembly:88%

Starred questions:34

Unstarred questions:340

S T Somashekar in the news: A glimpse of what he’s been up to in the last five years

December 26, 2015: In an interview with The New Indian Express, he claimed to have sanctioned funds to send trucks carrying Cauvery water to the constituency, and Rs 2 crore to repair roads. The MLA defended his work, citing his openness and solution- oriented approach with the residents.

March 5, 2015: The residents of Yeshwanthpur constituency made a presentation on all the civic issues to S T Somashekhar, who heard them all out. He responded by ensuring a drinking-water plant was placed at the entrance of Balaji Layout and released Rs 50 lakh to cover up a dangerous drain near a closeby park.

September 26, 2017: Property owners on 325 acres of BDA land asked the Government of Karnataka (GoK) for 60 percent compensation to construct a peripheral ring road, connecting Mysore and Magadi roads. The MLA batted for the residents to receive at least 50 per cent compensation, given similarly to residents in Kempegowda Layout in his constituency.

March 4, 2018: In a survey conducted by DAKSH, S T Somashekhar was ranked in 37th place on performance out of all the 224 MLAs in Karnataka, and surprisingly received the highest rating of 7.9 among Bengaluru legislators.

June 22, 2016: Former Housing Minister, M H Ambareesh, resigned from Congress after the unexpected cabinet reshuffle conspicuously left him without a post. The Yeshwanthpur Constituency MLA then expressed concern over the diminishing representation of Vokkaligas, brought to Congress party by the former actor.